Am I the only one with dirty wheels?

[brad]

The other alternative is to repaint the wheels in a dark silver graphite / dark grey / matt black & let them get dirty

[Ryan_R]

Look at it this way, you get two wheel colours for the price of one (silver - clean, and dark - dirty)

[RoknRob]

Yes, due to the amount of visible dust the pads shed, you'll have to wash them every week.

But not to worry. After about 1-3 months of constant weekly washes, apathy will set in quite quickly, and you'll come to your senses, realise that no one gives a **** about dirty wheels and do more productive things with your life. Been there, done that.

My sentiments exactly...

[wai]

The only downside is that when you go to check the tyre pressures, you fingers get quite black

[JonP01]

Thanks for all the replies. Good to know there is nothing abnormal. My car has only done 1800 kms and I had the outside (i.e the gloss metallic silver) finish of the wheels ceramic pro coated, so actually cleaning them is not that hard - it is just the bother of doing it at all when the rest of the car is still clean. Whilst I agree about priorities in the scheme of things I do like the car to always look pristine just as I do my house which I built a decade ago. As I say, the brakes really feel great and are one of the best features of these great cars. I might look into ceramic pads next time though, so long as there is little to no sacrifice in terms of feel or noise.

[Transporter]

As I say, the brakes really feel great and are one of the best features of these great cars. I might look into ceramic pads next time though, so long as there is little to no sacrifice in terms of feel or noise.

There is nothing sacrificed by using ceramic pads. It's more like the opposite; they last much longer and don't wear out the brake discs.

[JonP01]

There is nothing sacrificed by using ceramic pads. It's more like the opposite; they last much longer and don't wear out the brake discs.

So is the only downside the price? If that is the case, even that hardly matters as the cost over the standard ones is not that high. So are the ceramic ones a genuine VW replacement part for the Polo or are there different brands?

[brad]

So is the only downside the price? If that is the case, even that hardly matters as the cost over the standard ones is not that high. So are the ceramic ones a genuine VW replacement part for the Polo or are there different brands?

aftermarket

talk to GSLRallySport on this forum

[JonP01]

aftermarket

talk to GSLRallySport on this forum

OK, great. Thank you.

[Transporter]

So is the only downside the price? If that is the case, even that hardly matters as the cost over the standard ones is not that high. So are the ceramic ones a genuine VW replacement part for the Polo or are there different brands?

Yes, genuine ATE, only in ceramic form. Hopefully one they all new vag cars will be fitted with the ceramic pads. The reason why you want to do it on a new car asap is, that you will not have to replace the brake discs at 50k km with your brake pads, I expect at least 100k km from the pads and at least 200k km from the brake discs. You shouldn't be fitting the ceramic pads on the brake discs that had previously std pads fitted and have some wear on them.